Originally Posted by redlemon

Well, I was in an all-male singing group in college, and we were doing a Jack and the Beanstalk segment. This obviously requires a beanstalk. So, there was a rock on stage, with a fabric beanstalk piled up behind it, and an invisible string tied to the beanstalk running up into the rafters. At the appropriate time in the show, pull on the string, and the beanstalk rises.

We did some out-of-town performances, then some on-campus shows. The college newspaper review (written by a female) mentioned the "obviously phallic beanstalk". We all looked at each other in shock; yes, it clearly looked like an erection growing on stage, and somehow 40 horny guys managed not to notice it for a whole month.

So yes, I consider it an accident.